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Learning objective overview
Master Teaching Guide coverage for this objective.
Current NZC (2007)
S4-1
New NZC (2026)
NZC26-P4-STA-DKD-K-Y9-02NZC26-P4-STA-INT-P-Y9-05NZC26-P4-STA-DKD-K-Y9-08NZC26-P4-STA-DKD-K-Y9-09NZC26-P4-STA-DKD-P-Y10-01NZC26-P4-STA-DKD-K-Y10-01NZC26-P3-STA-DKD-P-Y7-01
Resources
- Alpha textbook: “Where does data come from?”, “Sample or census”, and “The three types of data”, pg 515–516
Terminology
- data collection
- observation
- questionnaire
- survey
- census
- population
- sample
- counting
- measuring
- categorising
Task goals
- Identify the different ways data can be gathered: observation, questionnaire, survey, or census.
- Explain the difference between a sample and a census, and identify the population being studied in a given context.
- Explain why a sample should be selected at random, and why increasing sample size generally improves reliability.
- Classify how a piece of data was collected — by counting, by measuring, or by observing and placing it in a category — and justify the classification.
- Choose and justify an appropriate data-collection method for a given real-world investigation scenario.
Where this fits
What leads into this objective, and where it goes next.
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How we get data
Know
Data can be collected from observational studies in which the observers do not alter or control the behaviour of the subjects.
Statement▸
Year 9 · Statistics · Developing knowledge from data
NZC26-P4-STA-DKD-K-Y9-02
Do
Evaluating findings and data-collection methods to check whether claims or statements are supported by the data
Statement▸
Year 9 · Statistics · Interpretation of data
NZC26-P4-STA-INT-P-Y9-05
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For teachers
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